Curling

Goldline USA is launched
By Doug Flowers, President
"Getting orders across the border quickly and cost effectively has been an ongoing challenge" says Erin flowers, Goldline's point person in terms of international shipments. She goes on to say that "The scale of both the US curling market and our own volume have grown to the extent that establishing a US company and warehouse became the logical next step".
The new Goldine shipping facility is located in Poynette Wisconsin and is managed by Debbie McCormick, well known for her on ice feats, including a world championship and four Olympic appearances. According to Debbie "This [...]

Christmas: It’s Coming!
If you are like me, you probably realized with a shock this week that Christmas is only a month away! The panic set in as I began to think about the shopping that I need to get done in the next four weeks and to envision the crowded parking lots at the mall and the long lineups at the cash.
Should there be curlers on your shopping list, you can find many gift ideas at Goldline. For the new curlers on your list: if they have been using sliders when delivering their rocks, a pair of shoes would be [...]

Curling Calendar – November month end update
Another two weeks have gone by and we continue to see some great curling action out on the ice.
Every athlete dreams of a shot at Olympic gold. Debbie McCormick, a key Goldline distributor in the U.S., will again have that chance! The team skipped by Erika Brown, on which Debbie plays vice, won the U.S. Olympic curling trials, and will serve as the United States’ representative at the Sochi Olympics. Debbie, congratulations from everyone here at Goldline; we wish you and your team the best of luck in February.
Crossing north of the 49th parallel [...]

Ottawa’s own, Rachel Homan, skip of Team Homan is nominated for
‘Sportsnet – Canadian Athlete of the Year 2013’
Please vote now! Voting closes on Friday, November 15th, 2013.
Click on the link to vote (poll is at the end of the article): http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/vote-now-canadian-athlete-of-the-year-2013/

Photo courtesy of Agence Photos B&W
This upcoming season, Team Homan is closing in on their goal of representing Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. They have qualified for the 2013 Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic Curling Trials where they will compete for the privilege of representing Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. [...]

Curling Calendar Update – October 16, 2013
Another two weeks have gone by and the action is heating up as teams continueto gear up in preparation for Olympic playdowns and the Olympics themselves.
From October 3-6, a large field of 40 men’s teams gathered in Basel, Switzerland, to play for the Swiss Cup Basel. A huge congratulations goes out to Goldline Ambassadors team Ulsrud, from Norway, who won the championship title! Well done!
Closer to home, 32 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams made up the field for the Prestige Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, B.C., from October 4-7. The 2013 [...]

Q & A with 3-time Olympian Debbie McCormick
If you have been involved in the sport of curling for any time at all, you will undoubtedly be familiar with the name Debbie McCormick: 3-time Olympian, a six-time world medallist at both the junior and senior levels of play (including the gold medal in 2003), and current vice on the team skipped by Erika Brown. Debbie is also a key individual distributor for Goldline in the U.S.A.
Debbie recently stopped by our Mississauga store, where I had the chance to talk to Debbie about her team’s preparation during this Olympic year.

Curling Calendar Update – to September 30, 2013
Things are going strong on the World Curling Tour!
From September 19-22, the best teams in the world were to be found in Brockville, Ontario, for the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. Hats off to the team skipped by Brad Jacobs, who emerged as winners of the men’s crown. The team is clearly on a roll, having won the Stu Sells Tankard just two weeks earlier.

On the women’s side of the draw, Rachel Homan and her team mates made it to the final, but lost to the Swiss team skipped by Mirjam Ott. Congratulations [...]

Goldline is Ready to Rock!
Curling fans: you have every reason to be excited about the upcoming season. There is going to be more curling this season than ever before: Road to the Roar (Olympic pre-trials); Roar of the Rings (Olympic trials); the Olympics; at least four Grand Slam curling events brought to us by Rogers Sportsnet; Continental Cup (curling in Vegas!); the Scotties; the Brier; and the world curling championships (women’s in St. John, N.B.; men’s in Beijing, China).

Here at Goldline, things are in high gear already. With so much focus on curling this season, here are the top 3 [...]

The process for teams wanting the opportunity to represent Canada at the Olympics is a long one. In fact, it takes three years of strong performances before a team even has a shot to make it to the Canadian Olympic trials. If you are interested in learning more about the road to the trials, read on.